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80 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? AUGUST 2013 NEWSPRODUCTSAVEVA released a new products and improvements in its AVEVA Bo- cad range of structural steel detailing software, designed toincrease structural detailing capability and enable more design standardiza-tion and automation. According to the company, by enabling more effective decision-making and increasing project transparency, these new features offer potential project time and cost savings of up to 30- 40%. In addition, AVEVA Bocad has bene Þ ted from better integration with AVEVA?s 3D design products - AVEVA Everything3D, AVEVA PDMS and AVEVA Out Þ tting. Engineering contractors and fabrica- tors working in the Process Plant and Marine industries will therefore be able to achieve greater productivity and project quality. This can eliminate many sources of errors, leading to time and cost savings. AVEVA Bocad Steel, AVEVA Bocad Onshore, AVEVA Bocad Off- shore and two new products, AVEVA Bocad Tower and AVEVA Bo- cad Roof and Wall, have been developed to meet demand for sophis- ticated, purpose-designed software to improve design and fabrication efÞ ciency in these specialist sectors. Using these with the new AVE- VA Bocad Steel Interface, AVEVA Plant or AVEVA Marine users can now achieve a much greater level of design integration. Advanced change highlighting and real-time updates enable swift and effective communication between design teams to achieve major time and cost savings. www.aveva.com/aveva_bocad_steel AVEVA Bocad Offers 30-40% Project Savings Raytheon Anschütz was selected by the German-based shipowner NSC to sup-ply the latest generation of the IMO-certiÞ ed Synapsis Integrated Naviga- tion System (INS) to a series of 9,000 TEU Containership newbuildings. The new containerships are built by Korea?s Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construc-tion?s Subic Shipyard in Subic Bay, Philippines and are scheduled for en-tering service in 2014. The vessels will operate under a long-term charter of Compania Chilena de Navegacion Inter- oceanica (CCNI). Raytheon Anschütz will supply Integrated Navigation from the Synapsis Intelligent Bridge Control series in accordance with IMO?s new INS Performance Standards as speci-Þ ed in MSC.252(83). The bridge system will consist of four Synapsis Multifunctional Workstations, X- and S-Band Radar sensors, the adap-tive and fuel-saving NautoPilot 5300, the new CAN-Bus based NautoSteer AS steering gear control system, and the Standard 22 gyro compass system. The scope is extended with the full package of navigation sensors as well as with the complete radio communica-tion system.Autronica Launches New Gas Detection SystemAutronica Fire and Security AS debuted its new gas safety system for liquid and chemical tankers: the new AutroSafe Maritime Gas Panel Solution. It is de-signed as a safety tool that alerts tanker crews to the accidental escape of haz-ardous gases from cargo storage tanks. It is based on the gas detection technol-ogy and principles developed by Omi-cron and Autronica Fire and Security since December 2008, under Autronica Fire and Security AS, Division Tøns- berg. The system features AutroNet, an Eth- ernet-based panel network that connects all panels and sensors through a dual-path, high-speed (100Mbps) redundant system, delivering solid, reliable per- formance in line with current regula-tions. AutroNet safeguards communica- tion between panels even if a line fault (break, switch port fault, etc.) is present and any alarms are transmitted safely to all panels because all network trafÞ c is duplicated along two independent net-work paths.The AutroSafe Maritime Gas Panel So- lution alarm control panel use a com-munication loop called AutroFieldBus (AFB) to communicate with the gas detection loops, called PowerLoops. AFB length can be up to 1,000 meters and even longer if signal boosters or Þ -ber cable interfaces are used. With up to 64 panels in a single system, 31 Power- Loops per AFB and 15 addressable gas detectors per PowerLoop, this approach supports ß exible installation for vessels of all sizes and design. The PowerLoop is a two-wire ring capable of delivering 30VDC/100W and is galvanic isolated from the rest of the system for full elec-trical protection.www.autronicaÞ re.com Synapsis for German Containership NewbuildingsComputer rendering of the NSCÕs new 9,000 TEU series, vessels outÞ tted with Synapsis INS.(Photo: NSC)MR #8 (74-82).indd 80MR #8 (74-82).indd 808/2/2013 9:19:13 AM8/2/2013 9:19:13 AM